THEY PUZZLED THE BARKEEP. ~ He Couldn't Understand Why Two Coppers Drank Water.

September 7, 1908

THEY PUZZLED THE BARKEEP.

He Couldn't Understand Why Two

Coppers Drank Water.

"Gimme a glass of water," said the policeman as he entered a downtown saloon by the front door and noticed the form of another bluecoat coming in by the side entrance.

"Gimme a glass --" the second guardian of the peace started to say and then he noticed his companion in uniform standing at the other end of the bar. "Gimme a glass of buttermilk," he finally concluded.

"Aw, what are you fellows trying to give me," said the bartender in astonishment, for he had forgotten for the time being the recent enforcement of the orders that policeman shall not drink while on duty. "Both you fellows like your glass of beer," he continued, and then shouted to the porter, "Draw two."

But the brothers-in-arms were either afraid of each other or they really were on the "water wagon" during the day, for each insisted on the drink he had first ordered, and side by side they quenched their thirst, while the glasses of "what made Milwaukee famous" stood on the bar forsaken but not forgotten.